The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs is a constituent of the apocryphal scriptures connected with the Bible. It is a pseudepigraphical work comprising the dying commands of the twelve sons of Jacob. It is part of the Oskan Armenian Orthodox Bible of 1666. Fragments of similar writings were found at Qumran, but opinions are divided as to whether these are the same texts. It is considered apocalyptic literature.
The Testaments were written in Greek, and reached their final form in the 2nd century CE. In the 13th century they were introduced into the West through the agency of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, whose Latin translation of the work immediately became popular. He believed that it was a genuine work of the twelve sons of Jacob, and that the Christian interpolations were a genuine product of Jewish prophecy; he accused Jews of concealing the Testaments "on account of the prophecies of the Saviour contained in them."
With the critical methods of the 16th century, Grosseteste's view of the Testaments was rejected, and the book was disparaged as a mere Christian forgery for nearly four centuries. Presently, scholarly opinions are still divided as to whether it is an originally Jewish document that has been retouched by Christians, or a Christian document written originally in Greek but based on some earlier Semitic-language material. Scholarship tends to focus on this book as a Christian work, whether or not it has a Jewish predecessor (Vorlage).

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THE Testament of Simeon CONCERNING ENVY Introduction As in the case
of T.R., the structure of T.S. is relatively simple. In chapter 1 we find the usual
introduction; it has many elements in common with that in T.R. After a summons
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Although major New Testament figures--Jesus and Paul, Peter and James, Jesus' mother Mary and Mary Magdalene--were Jews, living in a culture steeped in Jewish history, beliefs, and practices, there has never been an edition of the New Testament that addresses its Jewish background and the culture from which it grew--until now. In The Jewish An...

Now, the position of the Testament of Simeon on the same issue must be
deduced from its silence, always a risky procedure. Yet the silence here is almost
deafening. For, after all, the great theme of the Testament of Simeon is zelos,
both ...

Just as in the Testament of Reuben, so too in the Testament of Simeon is Joseph
presented in contrast to the sin of Simeon. Just as Joseph did not sin through
fornication as did Reuben, so too Joseph did not fall into the trap of envy and ...

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These obvious possibilities are passed up in the Testament of Simeon, and it
even interprets Jacob's “blessing” in Gen. 49:5–7 so as not to have it refer to the
Shechem incident at all but to some unknown future battle between the tribes of ...

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25-35). Simeon and Anna, like Zacharias and Elizabeth, were a part of the faithful
Jewish remnant that eagerly looked for their Messiah (Mal. 3:16). Because of his
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When the aged Simeon came to worship in the temple in Jerusalem, he saw a man and a woman dedicate their newborn son to God. There, in the presence of all the people, Simeon took the child in his arms and prayed: “Now, Lord, you may let your servant go in peace, according to your…